ED Attaches Assets Of Dino Morea, Ahmed Patel’s Son-In-Law, DJ Aqeel & Sanjay Khan Under PMLA
The money-laundering case involves Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company Sterling Biotech group.
Acting under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Enforcement Directorate on Friday informed it has attached the assets of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s son-in-law Irfan Ahmed Siddiqui, DJ Aqeel, and Bollywood actors Sanjay Khan and Dino Morea to the tune of Rs 8.79 crore in a money laundering case.
The money-laundering case involves Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company Sterling Biotech group. The Enforcement Directorate in a statement said, out of this, the value of attachment of assets for Siddiqui is Rs 2.41 crore, while it is Rs 1.98 crore, Rs 3 crore, and Rs 1.4 crore respectively for DJ Aqeel, Khan, and Morea.
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The central probe agency added Sterling Biotech group’s absconding promoters Nitin Sandesara and Chetan Sandesara have “diverted” proceeds of crime to these four persons.
The promoter brothers Nitin Sandesara and Chetan Sandesara besides Chetan’s wife Dipti Sandesara and Hitesh Patel have been declared fugitive economic offenders by a special court, PTI reported the Enforcement Directorate as saying in a statement.
The alleged Rs 14,500-crore bank-loan fraud case is said to have been committed by Sterling Biotech and its main directors and promoters.
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